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title: "Romania to buy a battalion of American Abrams tanks"
url: https://radiomoldova.md/p/7657/romania-to-buy-a-battalion-of-american-abrams-tanks
published: 2023-03-08T11:15:00Z
language: en
author: "Carolina Străjescu"
section: "International"
source: radiomoldova.md
---

# Romania to buy a battalion of American Abrams tanks

> Romania will buy a battalion of Abrams tanks, Lieutenant General Teodor Incicaș, head of the General Directorate for Armaments – the structure in charge of public procurement at the Ministry of National Defence – told Military Observer in an interview.

Romania will buy a battalion of Abrams tanks, Lieutenant General Teodor Incicaș, head of the General Directorate for Armaments – the structure in charge of public procurement at the Ministry of National Defence – told Military Observer in an interview.

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The acquisition will be a government-to-government (G2G) deal as part of a broader procurement program.

"These days, we will send to the Parliament for prior approval the request for purchases that include self-propelled howitzers on tracks. In addition, the infantry fighting vehicle, short and very short-range air defence systems, but also two types of missiles for F-16 aircraft. At the same time, we are preparing requests regarding the approval of a battalion of Abrams tanks," General Teodor Incicaș declared in a podcast of the Ministry of Defense, local Adevarul reported.

A few days ago, Israel-based company Elbit Systems said that its Romanian subsidiary Elmet International was awarded a USD 120 million follow-on contract to supply unmanned turrets, Remote Controlled Weapon Stations and mortar systems for the ‘Piranha V’ Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) of the Romanian Armed Forces.